A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Mykola Hrynko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovsky
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old Mother
Yuri Sventikov
Asafiev - War Orphan
Antonia's Line
The Best Years of Our Lives
Andrei Rublev
The World of Apu
Aparajito
City Lights
In the Shadow of the Mountain
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories For 1 Imperfect God
The Gold Rush
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
Sweet Smell of Success
Seven Years in Tibet
Klaxon
Mulholland Drive
The Leopard
Blow-Up
The Hidden Fortress
Chelsea Girls
Dovlatov
Paradise
Born on the Fourth of July
The Railway Man
The Edge
Testament of Youth
Cargo 200
Beanpole
Fate of a Man
Escape from Sobibor
Man Down
Kalashnikov AK-47
Play Dirty
The Last Full Measure
The Secrets We Keep
Ginger & Rosa
Tsar
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
Mr. Jones
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
